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Delaware's 'Climate Change Solution Act' has major problems By  David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy June 1, 2022     With only a month to go in the 2022 legislative session, the Governor of Delaware has sent a major bill to the General Assembly. The bill  expands the carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) reduction goals  from 26% by 2025 to 50% by 2030 and to 90% by 2050.    Additionally, the bill requires implementing programs to meet these new go

Why both 'Choice' and Charter Schools Really Matter in Delaware By  Dr. Tanya Hettler , Ph.D., Director  Center for Educational Excellence May 27, 2022      Delaware is known throughout the country for its particular brand of school choice.  In Delaware, " choice "  means that even if a particular public school is your "feeder" school (that is, the one that your child is assigned to go to based on where you live), you can "choice" them into another public school, charter scho

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Death Spiral Demographics in Delaware  By  Charlie Copeland , Director  Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending May 25, 2022 (Also, published on 5 /31/2022 by Delaware State News . )     In 2011, the  Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI) published an  analysis  showing Delaware's 2007-2009 migration trends. At that time, Delaware was gaining citizens from high-tax, low-growth Northeastern States (two-thirds of in-migration coming from New Jersey, New York, Ma

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The Green Amendment is "virtual signaling" with Bad Consequences By the CRI Team May 17, 2022     House Bill 220  is an amendment to the Delaware Constitution that would guarantee a clean environment to every person in the state and says in part:   "The people of Delaware have an inherent, indefeasible, inalienable right to a clean and healthy environment; including water, air, soil, flora, fauna, ecosystems, and climate; and preservation of natural, cultural, scenic, and he

US Offshore Wind Jobs are Highly Exaggerated By  David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy May 13, 2022     Offshore wind supporters like to quote a Wood Mackenzie research  study   that says building 29,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind electric generating capacity on the Atlantic seaboard by 2030 will create 80,000 annual full-time US jobs between 2025 and 2030.    Extrapolating from an actual approved  project  leads to an estimate of only ab

Delaware's  204.07%  Personal Income Tax rate harms small business owners By  Charlie Copeland , Director  Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending April 25, 2022     Several decades ago, Delaware instituted a  gross receipts tax , aka Delaware's hidden sales tax, that is applied to the business rather than the consumer. When instituted, the tax was meant to be temporary to handle a budget shortfall.   So, why does Delaware still impose this tax when 45

University of Delaware research paper on offshore wind costs gets an 'F' By David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy April 12, 2022 -published also in the Delaware State News and Delaware Business Now (Talk Radio Interview:  The Rick Jensen Show " CRI tells Rick Jensen UD Wind Power Project cost to consumers is absurdly low-you'll pay more! ")     A recently-released research paper from the University of Delaware (UD) reports that the cost of